Metra plans reduced schedules Friday because of winter storm

Commuter train in snow

CHICAGO — Commuter rail operator Metra will operate a modified Saturday schedule on most lines Friday, Dec. 23, as blizzard conditions are forecast for the Chicago area and many commuters will already have begun their Christmas holiday. Regular schedules are planned for today (Thursday, Dec. 22), although passengers are advised to allow extra travel time […]

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Sound Transit to receive $583 million for light rail projects

Light rail train on bridge

WASHINGTON — Sound Transit will receive $583 million for two of its light rail expansion projects as part of the Fiscal 2023 Omnibus Appropriations bill, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) announced Wednesday. The Federal Way Link extension will receive $329.14 million, while the Lynnwood Link extension will receive $254 million. The Federal Way money means […]

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Weekly U.S. rail traffic sees big drop

Weekly table showing U.S. carload rail traffic by commodity type, plus intermodal totals

WASHINGTON — U.S. rail traffic is heading toward the end of the year on a down note, with weekly volume down 5.5% from the same week in 2021, according to the latest statistics from the Association of American Railroads. U.S. railroads moved 476,232 carloads and intermodal units for the week ending Dec. 17. That includes […]

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April 2026

The April 2026 cover of Trains Magazine featuring a freight train crossing a bridge spanning a river in a forest

In every issue News & Analysis, p. 4 Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern detail merger plans Brian Solomon, p. 12 Why diesels sound different Bill Stephens, p. 14 Railroads don’t deliver on all of their merger promises Turntable, p. 16 G&W CEO Michael Miller: More cooperation, please Preservation, p. 18 American Freedom Train No. 1 […]

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Railroads urge regulators to stick with tried-and-true interchange policies

Black, gray, and yellow locomotives lined up in yard

WASHINGTON — The Chicago interchange dispute between Canadian National and Canadian Pacific should not upend long-standing practices that determine where railroads exchange traffic, three railroads have told federal regulators. The Surface Transportation Board in October said the CN-CP case raises broad issues regarding interchange practices, particularly after a federal appeals court set aside a board […]

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Year in Review: LIRR completes two major projects

Overhead view of EMU train on three-track main line

Today, Trains News Wire begins our review of the top stories of 2022. We’ll count down the Top 10 stories of the year, as voted on by Trains editors, columnists, and correspondents, beginning Dec. 26. As a prelude, we’ll be looking at major stories that didn’t quite make that list. Today: Notable transit stories. Several […]

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Navajo-owned coal company sues BNSF for breach of contract

Logo of Navajo Transitional Energy Company

BILLINGS, Mont. — A Native American-owned coal company has sued BNSF Railway for breach of contract, claiming the railroad’s preferential treatment of other mines cost it more than $150 million in revenue and $15 million in demurrage penalties in 2022. In a suit filed Monday in federal district court in Montana, Navajo Transitional Energy Co., […]

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New York subways could see some Monday, Friday service cuts, reflecting hybrid work schedules

Logo of New York MTA

NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority would cut Monday and Friday service on some subway lines and increase weekend operations on others as part of service adjustments planned for 2023, reflecting post-COVID changes in public transit use, the agceny said this week. Decreases would come on the 1, 6, 7, L, E, F, and […]

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New Jersey Turnpike Authority to help pay state’s share of Gateway Tunnel project

Logo of New Jersey Turnpike Authority

TRENTON, N.J. — The New Jersey Turnpike Authority has agreed to help fund New Jersey’s share of the Gateway Tunnel project, which will build two new bores to connect New Jersey to New York’s Penn Station, then rehabilitate the two existing tunnels under the Hudson River. NJ.com reports the Turnpike Authority will provide the money […]

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